وحشت
Ottoman Turkish
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic وَحْشَة (waḥša).
Noun
وحشت • (vahşet) (definite accusative وحشتی (vahşeti), uncountable)
- savagery, ferocity, wildness, fierceness, barbarity
- Synonym: وحشیلك (vahşîlik)
- fear, terror, dread, fright
- gloom, melancholy, low spirits
Derived terms
- وحشت آباد (vahşet abad, “scary, fearful”)
- وحشت آكین (vahşet agin, “scary, fearful”)
- وحشت آمیز (vahşet amiz, “mixed with fear”)
- وحشت آور (vahşet aver, “awe inspiring”)
- وحشت انكیز (vahşet engiz, “scary, fearful”)
- وحشت زار (vahşet zar, “wilderness”)
- وحشتكاه (vahşetgâh, “scary place”)
- وحشتناك (vahşetnâk, “scary place”)
Related terms
Ottoman Turkish terms derived from the Arabic root و ح ش (0 c, 2 e)
Descendants
- Turkish: vahşet
Further reading
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- Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “illet”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 2149
- Devellioğlu, Ferit (1962), “vahşet”, in Osmanlıca-Türkçe Ansiklopedik Lûgat[1] (in Turkish), Istanbul: Türk Dil Kurumu, page 1362
- Kélékian, Diran (1911), “وحشت”, in Dictionnaire turc-français[2] (in French), Constantinople: Mihran, page 1305
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1687), “Feritas”, in Complementum thesauri linguarum orientalium, seu onomasticum latino-turcico-arabico-persicum, simul idem index verborum lexici turcico-arabico-persici, quod latinâ, germanicâ, aliarumque linguarum adjectâ nomenclatione nuper in lucem editum[3], Vienna, column 563
- Meninski, Franciszek à Mesgnien (1680), “وحشة”, in Thesaurus linguarum orientalium, Turcicae, Arabicae, Persicae, praecipuas earum opes à Turcis peculiariter usurpatas continens, nimirum Lexicon Turkico-Arabico-Persicum[4], Vienna, column 5346
- Redhouse, James W. (1890), “وحشت”, in A Turkish and English Lexicon[5], Constantinople: A. H. Boyajian, page 2130
Persian
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic وَحْشَة (waḥša).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Persian) IPA(key): /wah.ˈʃat/
- (Dari, formal) IPA(key): [wäɦ.ʃát̪]
- (Iran, formal) IPA(key): [væɦ.ʃǽt̪ʰ]
- (Tajik, formal) IPA(key): [väɦ.ʃát̪]
| Readings | |
|---|---|
| Classical reading? | wahšat |
| Dari reading? | wahšat |
| Iranian reading? | vahšat |
| Tajik reading? | vahšat |
Noun
وحشت • (vahšat)
- dread, panic, phobia
- وحشت از خدا ― vahšat az xodâ ― dread of God
- وحشت از مرگ ― vahšat az marg ― dread of death
- وحشت از حرف زدن در جمع ― vahšat az harf zadan dar jam' ― phobia of speaking in groups
Derived terms
- وحشتناک (vahšatnâk, “dreadful”)